1977–78 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 1977–78 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1977 to August 1978.

Talk shows are highlighted in

yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Schedule

Monday-Friday

Network		6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Good Morning America				Local/syndicated programming				Happy Days reruns	Family Feud	The Better Sex	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		The $20,000 Pyramid	One Life to Live	3:00: One Life to Live 3:15: General Hospital		The Edge of Night	Local/syndicated programming				ABC Evening News
	Winter													The $20,000 Pyramid				One Life to Live		General Hospital
	Summer																										World News Tonight
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		Local/syndicated programming		Here's Lucy reruns	The Price Is Right		Love of Life 11:55 am: CBS Midday News	The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	Local/syndicated programming	As the World Turns		Guiding Light	All in the Family reruns	Match Game '77	Tattletales	Local/syndicated programming				CBS Evening News
	November									The Price Is Right		Match Game '77							Guiding Light		All in the Family reruns
	Winter									Tattletales	The Price Is Right											Match Game '78
	Spring									Pass the Buck
	Summer									The New Tic Tac Dough
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Today				Local/syndicated programming		Sanford and Son reruns	The Hollywood Squares 10:57 am: NBC News Update	Wheel of Fortune	Knockout	To Say the Least	Chico and the Man reruns	Local/syndicated programming	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World		The Gong Show	Local/syndicated programming				NBC Nightly News
	Winter														The Gong Show 12:57 pm: NBC News Update	For Richer, For Poorer						Local/syndicated programming
	Spring									Card Sharks		The New High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	Sanford and Son reruns
	Summer													America Alive! 12:57 pm: NBC News Update

Notes

• Programs aired before 9:00AM aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester was a half-hour program which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station.
• Programs scheduled after 10:00 AM Eastern aired one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 AM) in the Central and Pacific time zones. Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year.
• Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs.
• On ABC, ABC Evening News / World News Tonight was produced at 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central, and aired live by some affiliates. This early feed of the broadcast was discontinued in 1982.
• A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show.

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming		The All-New Super Friends Hour / Schoolhouse Rock! (8:56AM)		Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:56AM)				The Krofft Supershow / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:56AM)		ABC Weekend Special	American Bandstand		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour		What's New, Mr. Magoo?	The Skatebirds		Space Academy	The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour		Wacko	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	The Secrets of Isis	CBS Saturday Film Festival	CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming								CBS Evening News	Local/syndicated programming
	November			The Skatebirds		The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show			The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour		Space Academy	The Secrets of Isis		What's New, Mr. Magoo?
	Spring			The Robonic Stooges	Speed Buggy						The Secrets of Isis	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	Space Academy
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming	Think Pink Panther	CB Bears		Young Sentinels	The New Archie and Sabrina Hour			Thunder		Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	The Red Hand Gang	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	NBC Saturday Night News
	October					Space Sentinels	The Bang-Shang Lollapalooza Show	Super Witch
	Spring			Hong Kong Phooey	The Go-Go Globetrotters	Space Sentinels	Think Pink Panther	Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	Land of the Lost	Thunder

In the News aired ten times during CBS' Saturday morning shows.

Sunday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming							Jabberjaw	The Great Grape Ape Show	Animals, Animals, Animals	Issues and Answers		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Ark II	The Ghost Busters	Local/syndicated programming		Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face The Nation	Local/syndicated programming	The NFL Today	NFL on CBS and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
	Winter											CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming										Meet The Press	NFL '77	NFL on NBC and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News
	Winter	Local											Meet The Press	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming/syndicated programming

By network

ABC

Returning Series

• The $20,000 Pyramid
• ABC Evening News
• All My Children
• American Bandstand
• Animals, Animals, Animals
• The Better Sex
• The Edge of Night
• Family Feud
• General Hospital
• Good Morning America
• The Great Grape Ape Show
• Happy Days
• Issues and Answers
• Jabberjaw
• The Krofft Supershow
• One Life to Live
• Ryan's Hope
• Schoolhouse Rock!

New Series

• ABC Weekend Special
• ABC World News Tonight
• The All-New Super Friends Hour
• Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Not Returning From 1976-77

• The Don Ho Show
• Hot Seat
• Junior Almost Anything Goes!
• The Mumbly Cartoon Show
• The New Adventures of Gilligan
• The Oddball Couple
• The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
• Second Chance
• Super Friends
• The Tom and Jerry Show

CBS

Returning Series

• All in the Family
• Ark II
• As the World Turns
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
• Camera Three
• Captain Kangaroo
• CBS Children's Film Festival
• CBS Evening News
• CBS Morning News
• Face the Nation
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• The Ghost Busters
• Guiding Light
• Here's Lucy
• Lamp Unto My Feet
• Look Up and Live
• Love of Life
• Match Game
• The New Adventures of Batman
• The Price Is Right
• Search for Tomorrow
• The Secrets of Isis
• Speed Buggy
• Sunrise Semester
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
• Tattletales
• The Young and the Restless

New Series

• The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
• The New Tic Tac Dough
• Pass the Buck
• The Robonic Stooges
• Space Academy
• The Skatebirds
• Wacko
• What's New, Mr. Magoo?

Not Returning From 1976-77

• Clue Club
• Double Dare
• Far Out Space Nuts
• Gambit
• The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show
• Shazam!
• Way Out Games

NBC

Returning Series

• Another World
• Chico and the Man
• Days of Our Lives
• The Doctors
• The Gong Show
• High Rollers
• The Hollywood Squares
• Hong Kong Phooey
• Land of the Lost
• Meet the Press
• NBC Nightly News
• NBC Saturday Night News
• NBC Sunday Night News
• Think Pink Panther
• Sanford and Son
• Today
• Wheel of Fortune

New Series

• America Alive!
• Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
• Card Sharks
• CB Bears
• The Go-Go Globetrotters
• For Richer, For Poorer
• Knockout
• The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
• The Red Hand Gang
• Space Sentinels
• Thunder
• To Say the Least

Not Returning From 1976-77

• 50 Grand Slam
• Big John, Little John
• It's Anybody's Guess
• The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.
• Lovers and Friends
• McDuff, the Talking Dog
• Monster Squad
• Muggsy
• Name That Tune
• Shoot for the Stars
• Somerset
• Stumpers!

See also

• 1977-78 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1977-78 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html